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H. G. ROBERTS. COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-7.1918.

1,306,278. Patented June 10, 1919.

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UTED STATES PATENT OIQE.

ROBERTS, 0F KITGHENER, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILLIAMS,

GREENE 86 ROME COMPANY, LIMITED, 015 KITGHENER, CANADA.

HARRY G.

COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1919.

Application filed November 7, 1918. Serial No. 261,519.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY G. Ronnnrs, of the city of Kitchener, in thecounty of Waterloo, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Collars, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to soft collars comprising a band and a topturned down over the band. In such collars it is usual to connect theends of the top of the collar by a link or strap passing under the tie.connecting members have either been buttoned through :the ends of thetop or else connected to the lining only. In the first construction theends of the connecting member show at the outside of the ends of the topand the ends are more or less wrinkled or distorted. In the secondconstruction all the strain of the connecting member is taken by thelining, which is soon drawn out of shape. In either constructlon thepoints of attachment of the connecting member must be some distance backfrom the edges'of the ends of the top.

My object is to devise a collar in which the points of attachment of theconnecting member will be entirely hidden, in which the strain of theconnecting member will be distributed over all the plies of fabric inthe ends of the top in such a way as to avoid wrinkling and distortionof the ends, and in which the said points of connection of theconnecting member will be as close as possible to the edges of the topwhich adjoin so that the connecting member can be attached withoutfolding back the collar ends too far, which has a tendency to creasethem.

I attain my object by means of the construction hereinafter describedand illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is aplan view of a collar constructed in accordance with my invention andopened out flat;

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are details illustrating the progressive steps in theconstruction of the collar; and

Fig. 5 a section through the end of the top of the collar exaggerated tobetter show the construction. 7

In the drawings like numerals of reference Such The top is formed of aplurality of plies of material, preferably at least three, the facing 3,the lining 4 and the interlining These are laid together as shown inFig. 2 and between them is sewed one end of the tape 6 at each side ofthe top of the collar. The top is then turned inside out as shown inFig. 3, bringing the tape outside the collar. The tape is then foldedback as shown in Fig. 4 and stitched down by the two lines of bindingstitching which are used in finishing and stitching together the edgesof the top of the collar. A loop '8 is thus formed in the tape withwhich may be engaged any suitable attaching strap or connecting member,such as 9 shown in Fig. 1. This connecting member is hooked into theloops 8 from above, thereby precluding the possibility of itsaccidentally falling out when in use. It will be understood that anyform of attaching member, whether integral or formed in one or moreseparate parts, or whether inextensible or elastic, will answer thepurpose of my invention.

It will be understood that I use the term tape to include not only suchmaterial as is commonly known as tape and which may be either elastic 0rinelastic, but also to include folded strips of cotton or other fabric,or heavy thread or cord, but ordinary commercial tape will usually befound to be the preferable material.

The collar top may also be formed by the machine turned and stitchedmethod, the hems being turned in on the pieces by machines so that theparts may be directly placed together as in Fig. 5 so that the top doesnot require to be turned inside out. In this case the first line ofbinding stitching passes through the top and the tape, but is notvisible on the tape, whereas the second or inner row passes through topand tape, and is visible on the tape.

From the construction described it will be seen that the strain of theconnecting member does not fall on any loose portion of the collar, butis distributed among all the plies of material of which the top of thecollar is composed. The points of con formed of a plurality of plies ofmaterial and provided with attaching means for a connecting memberformed of tapes each havingone end sewn in one of the adjacent edges ofthe ends of the top between the plies thereof and its other end turnedback to form a loop and secured to the top adj acent its first mentionedcnd by the binding stitching of the edges of the top.

2. A.c0l'lar comprising a band and a top formed of a plurality of pliesof material and provided with attaching means for a connecting memberformed of tapes each secured to one of the adjacent edges of the ends ofthe top adjacent its first mentioned tape loop attachment at its endwhich conr slsts in laying together tWo pieces of facing materlal andmterllnmg and a plece of'tape, V

stitching the collar top parts and the tape together, turning the bandlnside out with the tape projecting and then folding back the tape aainst one face' of thetop and finally finishing the top- With the usualbind-.

ingstitching which is run through the "tape to form a loop therein. l v

Signed amt/chem this th day 05% Oetober 1918. 7 v V i V p HARRY G;ROBERT-s.

Witnesses: 7 7 JNO; B. KIR'BY, F; 5., -HOi5GINS.

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